A group of students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Team ABU 2024, has emerged victorious at the Huawei ICT Skills Competition Global Finals in Shenzhen, China.

The six-day competition was held from May 20 to May 25.

This is contained in a statement issued by Auwalu Umar in the directorate of public affairs of the university.

Mohammed Muazu, director of the International Institute of Online Education, (IIOE) Nigeria National Centre, while briefing the Vice-Chancellor Adamu Ahmed, said that the team won the competition for developing an innovative device that detects diseases in crops.

“The innovative device can detect diseases in crops such as yam, cassava, rice, sorghum, beans, tomato, wheat, potato, soybean, and groundnut.

“The device could also analyse soil health and measure nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, temperature, moisture, pH, and conductivity.

“The tool provides results and recommendations in multiple languages, including English, Pidgin English, Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo (both audio and text), as well as Kiswahili, Afrikaans, French, and Arabic (text only)”, he said.

He also explained that the device was complemented by a mobile app compatible with Android, iOS, and Harmony OS.

Mr Umar said the team, comprised of Hadiza Mohammed of the department of computer science, Sufiyan Ibrahim of the department of computer engineering and Lawal Haruna also from the department of computer engineering,

Responding, Mr Ahmed commended the team for the achievement and assured them of the university’s support to commercialise the product.

He praised the innovation’s potential impact and encouraged the students to continue leveraging ABU’s platform for greater success.

(NAN)